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D. Venezuela’s consumer prices soared an estimated 5,000% in a year, according to the International Monetary Fund. That is the worst inflation rate in the world and far higher than second-worst Lebanon at 225%. Costa Rica, Haiti and Honduras are in Central America and the Caribbean, which are part of North America.
C. Chile has a GDP per person of $23,300 a year, followed by Uruguay at $21,600 and Argentina at $19,700. Brazil, the largest and most populous nation in South America, has a GDP per person of $14,100 a year. The United States has a GDP per person of $60,000.
A. In April 1982, Argentine forces invaded the British Overseas Territories of the Falklands and South Georgia islands. Britain sent a naval taskforce to retake the islands, and Argentina surrendered 74 days later. After the war, almost all Falkland islanders voted to remain part of the United Kingdom. The Argentines and British made peace, but Argentina still claims the islands as its territory.
B. The Argentine, British, and Chilean Antarctic sovereignty claims overlap and have caused friction. While seven nations claim parts of the continent, those claims are not recognized by other nations with large scientific operations in Antarctica, such as the United States and Russia.